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The company’s business consists solely of owning the properties subject to the lease and collecting rent thereon. Upon termination of the lease, all properties covered by the lease would be returned to
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Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad,
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Western Maryland Railway mainline from Connellsville to Cumberland, Maryland, in 1975, a connection was established between the P&WV and the B&O at a location near Connellsville called Sodom, and the P&WV's connection to the P&LE and WM was
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Chicago. The P&WV and Western Maryland never physically connected in Connellsville—a short section of Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad trackage was used to connect the P&WV to the WM.
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1997:KCM&OTX
1782:CCC&STL
781:Lennon, J.
508:foreclosure
444:bought the
419:Kansas City
169:Track gauge
51:introducing
2842:Categories
2820:See also:
2227:TSTL&W
2192:SLIM&S
1852:CP&STL
1441:NC&STL
1211:CSPM&O
1171:CNO&TP
1136:CAR&NW
692:References
658:Power REIT
458:interurban
222:Pittsburgh
34:references
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2297:1910–1929
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2182:SJ&GI
2172:SFP&P
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2062:NJ&NY
2012:LS&MS
2002:LA&SL
1992:KCM&O
1967:HE&WT
1947:GH&SA
1942:GC&SF
1937:FW&RG
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1241:DM&IR
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586:St. Louis
477:telegraph
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434:tidewater
368:syndicate
353:St. Louis
287:over the
163:Technical
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2007:LE&W
1972:H&TC
1962:G&SI
1957:GR&I
1952:GM&N
1932:FS&W
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1094:AT&N
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813:Archived
766:Archived
725:26302871
637:May 2008
547:Clairton
260:and the
218:railroad
216:) was a
188: in
116:Overview
2319:italics
2232:U&D
2217:T&N
2142:P&S
2127:P&E
2037:M&O
2027:M&I
1892:D&M
1802:C&I
1792:C&G
1787:C&E
1777:C&C
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1757:B&S
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1551:RI/CRIP
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1476:N&W
1371:L&N
1366:L&M
1351:L&A
1306:G&F
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